Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. (alternatively titled Smash Bros., Smash, Super Smash Brothers or SSB) is a second party series of fighting games created by HAL Laboratories pitting various Nintendo characters from their games against each other, including Mario, Link, Kirby, and Samus Aran. So far all games feature Samus as a character, and all five games feature stages based on environments in the Metroid series.

A fifth (or sixth, if the previous game is counted as two) installment for Nintendo Switch was announced on March 3, 2018 during a Nintendo Direct; Samus's silhouette can be faintly seen in the trailer. It was fully revealed on June 12, 2018 as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, introducing Ridley as a playable character in the series for the first time, following a decade of fan requests. Dark Samus also debuts as a playable fighter, as an Echo Fighter of Samus (meaning her moveset is similar yet not identical to Samus's). This marks the first time either character has been playable in any video game.

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The Japanese strategy guide for the later released Metroid: Other M includes the series on page 174, which summarizes cameos Metroid has made in other games.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

"Carefully appreciate Samus' figure. There's a savorability not found in other titles."

Samus in the Smash Bros. Series

"A series where characters from various games meet and fight, Samus has been a playable character since the first title. From the charge beam to missiles and bombs, Samus can show her special attacks. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it's possible to play a 5-minute timed trial of Super Metroid."

Some aspects that originated in Super Smash Bros. made their way into later Metroid games. Some of these aspects include Samus jumping twice, with her second jump causing her to Spin Jump. This appeared in Metroid Prime as the Space Jump Boots, which when viewed through another player's perspective in the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Multiplayer resembles her double jumps in Smash. She was able to grab ledges in Super Smash Bros. before the mechanic was introduced in Metroid Fusion and featured in later games (although Samus was able to grab a ledge years before in Deceít Du Jour). Samus' forward air attack is called "Flame Thrower" in the Super Smash Bros. guide, and may have given inspiration for the Flamethrower weapon in Prime. Finally, the names "Zero Suit Samus" and "Paralyzer" were named in Brawl and reused in Metroid: Other M. In addition, several of Ridley's attacks on Samus in Metroid: Other M resembled similar attacks Ridley used on Samus in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.